How-to Apply Sally Hansen Nail Effects

Sally Hansen's Salon Effects ($8) are real nail polish strips. The benefits over your average nail polish? There's no dry time and they're totally mess (and smell!) free. Normally I keep my nails in a basic color, like a red or light pink, but I decided to kick it up a notch and try out the bold "Wild Child" pattern (one of 24 looks!) to give my nails some edge.

Each Salon Effects kit comes with a small emery board, a stick for pushing down cuticles and smooth the nail polish strips, and, of course, the actual nail polish strips.

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After I had each strip set aside, I began with my pinky finger, taking off the backing paper and plastic film

I was left with a sticky nail polish strip, which I placed against the cuticle line, pressing down. To make sure the strip stayed put, I ran the flat side of the cuticle stick along my nail.

The next day, everyone thought I had gotten a pricy salon manicure! Sally Hansen's Salon Effects last for about ten days and remove easily with nail polish remover. By the fourth day, there was still no chipping, which is definitely not the same for regular nail polish!